Lady&#39;s hat-fastener.



J. BELASOO. LADY'S HAT PASTENEE.

APPLIGATION FILED MAY 19, 1911.

Patented Feb. 13, 1912.

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LADYS. HAT-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 19, 1911.

Patented Feb. 13, 1912.

Serial No. 628,155.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB BELASCO, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the countyand State of New York, have invented a new and Improved LadysHat-Fastener, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

Among the principal objects which the present invention has -in vieware: to provide a fastener for ladies hats having means for insertion inthe hair to grasp and hold the same, said means being operableoutside'the hat; and to provide a fastener of the character set forthwhich is normally permanently attached to the hat but is removabletherefrom.

With these objects in view the invention consists in providing a bowedcomb-like member pivotally mounted in the hat structure and adapted tobe rotated to bury the teeth of the comb in the wearers hair after thehat is adjusted on the head, means external to the hat structure forrotating the comb being provided.

The inventionfurther consists in providing a resilient hoop-like memberadapted to operate in conjunction with the comb to imprison the hairbetween the said hooplike member and said comb.

One embodiment of the present invention is disclosed in the structureillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which like characters ofreference denote corresponding parts in all the views, and in whichFigure l is a pictorial view of a ladys head, showing in verticallongitudinal section a hat provided with a fastener constructed andarranged in accordance with the present invention; Fig. 2 is a crosssection of the hat, showing in conjunction therewith a fastenerconstructed and arranged in accordance with the present invention; andFig. 3 is'a detail view, on an enlarged scale, showing in cross sectionthe pivotal arrangement of the retaining hoop and comb, and theremovable manipulating head for the comb.

As shown in the accompanying drawings, the comb is provided with aresilient bowed back 8 from which are extended the elongated teeth 9.The teeth 9 are cupped and formed in length and shape to resemble whatis known as a ladys back comb. The back 8 is elongated to form a bowedportion shaped to pass over the head to insert the teeth 9 in the hairat about midway of the head or slightly in advance of the median line ofthe hat. The ends of the back 8 are fixedly secured to the pins 10 and11. The pins 10 and 11 are rotatably mounted in bearings formed in thehoop 12, which hoop is held in position on the said pins by collars 13and 14 fixedly mounted on the said pins. The pins are provided at theouter ends with screw threaded sections 15, as seen best in Fig. 3 ofthe drawings. The screws 15 are furnished to engage screw threads formedin the shank 16 of the setting for the jewel heads 17. The heads 17 aremounted on the pin stem after the fastener has been installed on the hatA.

The hoop 12 is shaped to a somewhat more elliptical form than isimparted to the back 8 of the comb so that when the comb is swung on thepins 10 and 11, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, the hair which isgathered by the teeth 9 is crowded between the back 8 and the hoop 12 tohold the ha; steady on the head.

The hoop 12 is provided with one or more perforations 18 through whichare passed suitable fastenings, such as thread or a light rivet toanchor the hoop in upright position within the hat. The anchorage forthe hoop thus formed by the fastening devices extended through theperforations 18 and by the pins 10 and 11 imparts the required rigidityto the hoop necessary to the operation of the fastener. The operation ofa fastener when constructed and arranged as described and shown is asfollows: To install the fastener in the hatthe pins 10 and 11 are forcedthrough the side of the hat to extend externally therefrom above thebrim B. The heads 17 are next secured in position on the pins byscrewing the shank 16 over the threaded section 15 of the said pins. Thehead 17 is next secured in an upright position by passing the anchoringdevices above mentioned through the perforations 18 provided in the bodyof the hoop 12. The fastener having been thus installed the hat isadjusted to the head with the comb disposed as shown in Fig. 2 of thedrawings at the front of the hat or adjacent the forehead of the wearer.The hat being adjusted the wearer grasps one or both of the heads 17 andby means thereof rotates the comb on the bearings of the pins 10 and 11to a position substantially that shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings. Asstated, the teeth 9 of the comb gather the hair and slightly bunch thesame under the hoop 12, to the resultant crowding of the hair betweenthe teeth 9 and the hoop 12, providing a suitable anchorage for the hat.

It will be noted that the hoop 12 is curved forward at the lower ends toform the portion 19 adjacent the connections of the hoop 12 with thepins 10 and 11. This arrangement provides for a slight added resiliencyto the hoop 12 should the hair or dressing pins therefor be caughtbetween the hoop 12 and the portion 19.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is 1. A ladys hat fastener, having a bowed combportion adapted to be rotatably mounted on the hat structure and adaptedto be disposed within the crown of the hat; means operatively connectedwith the said comb portion and adapted to be disposed exterior the hatstructure for rotating the said comb portion to insert the teeth thereofwithin the hair of the wearer; and a hoop member adapted to be fixedlymounted within the crown of the hat and connected with said comb portionto form a clamp therewith.

2. A ladys hat fastener, having a resilient hoop member adapted to befixedly mounted within the crown of a hat adjacent the transverse mediansection thereof; a bowed comb rotatively mounted on said hoop member toswing from the forward portion of said crown toward said hoop member andunder the same; and a plurality of extended pivot members for said combrotatively mounted in said hoop member and having manipulating devicesat the ends thereof and adapted to be placed external the hat structure.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

JACOB BELASCO.

lVitnesses E. F. MURDOOK, PHILIP D. ROLLI-IAUS.

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Washington, D. G.

